University of Chicago Press have launched a series called Chicago Shorts – either new material or highlights from their archive in e-book form. Nine books are in the first batch, and one is available for free download. And unlike the Palgrave Pivots, these are sensibly priced at $3.99.

• What Every Novelist Needs to Know about Narrators by Wayne C. Booth
• Ebert’s Bests by Roger Ebert
• Nixon and the Silver Screen by Mark Feeney
• A Little History of Photography Criticism; or, Why Do Photography Critics Hate Photography? by Susie Linfield
• Custer’s Last Stand: The Unfinished Manuscript by Norman Maclean
• Shylock on Trial: The Appellate Briefs by Richard Posner and Charles Fried
• Erika and Klaus Mann in New York: Escape from the Magic Mountain by Andrea Weiss
• Bill Veeck’s Crosstown Classic by Bill Veeck with Ed Linn
• Rabbits with Horns and Other Astounding Viruses by Carl Zimmer